The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-02

companions and wounded three others, has
been convicted of wilful murder. 1t was
thought at first that the shooting resulted
| from Carelessness.
1t Is said In Washington that the Presi.
dent will soon appoint a superintendent OF
| the coast survey to fill vacancy which has
existed for some time. Professor kimbali,
Smith and General Rosecrans are among
those mentioned for the place.
Brother Burchard has been to see Mr..
Cleveland. In the conversation that TOOK |
place the doctor admitted that his famous
| remark, "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion,
was alluded to. II told the President,
said the doctor to friend, 1T was the will
of the Lord that he should be elected"
Victoriano, an Indian of San Jacinto, |
Cal, once chief Of the Seranos, is thought |
to be at least 12j years old. His narration |
of scenes at the San Gabriel Mission, !
where he worked when boy confirms this |
belief. His mind Is active and his memory |
good
In LisZtS memoirs occurs the following:
II knew George Eliot and her friend Mr.
Lewcs, at Weimar. They were remarkably
ugly, and Lewes was rather delicate about
presenting Miss Evans to me owing to the
relations existing between them. l told
him, however, that l did not care"
The Baroncsses, Anna and Louise, of
Gutenberg, recently rowed in boat to the
spot where King Ludwig, of Bavaria,
drowned himself, and committed suicide
in the same way. The bodies were found
clasped in each others arms They had
been suffering from melancholia ever since
the kings death.
Lawyer VIM. A. Delaney, who repre-
sents certain foreign bondholders of the
| Kansas Pacific Railroad before 1t came un
der control of Jay Gould, Russell Sage aud
| others, says he will commence an action
| against those parties as soon as the neces
sary papers arrive from Amsterdam, Hol-
land. The amount of the suit will be
nearly $3,000,000.
Samuel Dunn, Colorcd, aged five, was
accidentally killed in Augusta Tuesday by
one of his companions, who threw an old
compass at him, the point of which penc.
trated the skull and brain. Death was in
stantancous, and 1T is not known who in
ilictcd the blow. Several boys were
"chunking" each other in play. Each,
when questioned, denied the deed.
, The General Executive Board Of the
Piusburg knights Of Labor have decided
to personally investigate the strike in the
coke regions. Thousands Of men are now
out of employment throughout the manu-,
featuring districts on account of the scarcity
of coke. 1t is on account Of this army of
men, and the prostratiOn in business that
the General Board of Knights of Labor is
anxious to reach a settlement.
John Eandcrburg, who outraged q
young girl at Rockville, Mo-, few days
ago, had bearing for bail yesterday. The
Judge had just fixed the bail at SIC, 900,
when several shots were fired, and after
quiet was restored, Vandcrburg was found
TO be dead. The two brothers of Miss An
dcrSon, who were present, have been ar
rested. 1t is not known who did the shoot,
ing.
The sons Of the late Extra Billy" Smith
of Virginia were fond of adventure. His
oldest son, William Smith, was a midship-
man in the navy and was lost in the Indian
Ocean. Austin Smith, the great bowie,
knife fighter, was killed att the battle Of
Seven Pines. Peter Bell Smith was acci-
dcntally killed by a pistol soon after the
war. James Caleb Smith and Col. Thomas
| Smith figured prominently rs duelists. OF
Extra Billy's" children but three survive
| him, Il daughter, Col. Thomas Smith and
Capt. Frederick Smith of New Mexico.
Major Rathbornc, who has been ap
| pointed Consul General to Paris, is man
of medium height, full figure, with bald
| head, gray mustache and tlorid complexion.
He is about AZ Years of age. He is wealthy
! anu 50 Is Ills vie. BOll Oh them speak
French tlucntly. Major Rathbone is fond
of society, is a good waltzer and will shine
in the bathrooms of Paris with brilliancy
| becoming consul general Of the United
| States.
Lewis +. Allen, of Buffalo, is an uncle
OF President Cleveland He is tall, lean
man, not at all like his nephew in build
lis sister was Grover Clcveland's mother
air. Allen has not converscd with Mr..
cleveland for four years. lie considers
the President man of only ordinary abil-
lty, who has lots Of luck" He says that
the President gets his obstinacy from his
father. The Clcvelands," says Mr. Allen,
"werC an obstinate race"